Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 2, 1998Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:18 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1998, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 10:05 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berkeley County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1513 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester51 min
Jun 2, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke49 min
Jun 2, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun62 min
Jun 2, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun50 min
Jun 2, 10:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester46 min
Jun 2, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke49 min
Jun 2, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier46 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAllegany45 min
Jun 2, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel32 min
Jun 2, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAllegany47 min
Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAllegany65 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHampshire45 min
Jun 2, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHampshire, Mineral64 min
Jun 2, 10:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHampshire, Mineral51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.